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Picture Show Annual 129 Vuttinq Talk Q.f , r> Mo Silent successes ALTHOUGH each year has brought along its re-hash of old films, often one that had been done twice or even three times before, there has been an unprecedented number of silent films remade this year stars in old stories seems to have familiar cry. Sound, of course, is the cause. was a hit a couple of years ago with a certain famous star, will be sure of a fair amount of drawing power by virtue of its memories and associations alone. Picture- goers want to see it to compare with the one they remember. Added to this attraction is another important factor. In many cases the company bought the film rights of the story outright—not just for one use. So what could be more economical and profitable than to film the story again with new talkie trimmings ? Especially as the talkie and musical rights of current stage hits // is seldom that the talkie version of a previous silent picture has any of the cast playing in both versions, but in Eugene O'Neill's famous play, " Anna Christie," George Marion played the role that he took on the stage, Anna's father. Above he is seen with William Russell and Blanche Sweet in the silent version that made such ii sensation when it was produced years ago. On the left he is seen with Charles Bickjord and Greta Garbo in the talkie version that caused as much of a sensation as its silent predecessor. d best sellers soared to prohibitive prices when the companies began angling for them, and the building and equipping of the new sound studios had taken such a load out of the firms' purses. If the author refused a reasonably modest offer for the talkie rights, the company who owned the film rights could bring things to a deadlock, for the author could not very well dispose of the dialogue rights alone elsewhere. Few of the stars in the former versions appear in the latest ones. The obvious reason that leaps to one's mind is that, of course, the old stars have faded out. That may be partly true, but there is another. We are told comparisons are odious ; if the film is not the howling success it should apparently be, the star is not hurt by adverse criticisms so much if she is new